Gems include "Carnival in Rio," a jazz composition by Cleveland-based saxophonist Howie Smith, who has soloed with the Purdue Jazz Band. Kisinger, a friend of Smith's, loved the piece so much when he heard it that he decided to arrange the piece for concert band.

Kisinger looks forward to improvising on the euphonium in that piece.

Other new pieces include a Chuck Mangione medley, as well as Leroy Anderson's arrangement of "The Wearing of the Green," an Irish folk ballad.

Kisinger said the program will have something for everyone.

"It'll be a well-rounded concert," he said. "We'll play music for the mind, heart and feet."

• Parade and ceremony: 12 p.m. at 16th and Alabama streets in Lafayette. The Memorial Day parade will proceed southeast on Main Street and end a few blocks away in Columbian Park, where a ceremony will take place on Memorial Island. The Tippecanoe County Veterans Council organizes the annual event.